Author: Bob Brevitt

May I, on behalf of Bridgtown & District Local History Society, wish you all a very Happy New Year. May it bring to you all a blessing of good health, peace and well-being throughout the year ahead. Covid permitting we will hold our first meeting at 11.00am on Wednesday 2nd February 2022. This will be…

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our co-chairman, David Williams. As one of the founders of the Society, David was prolific in what he did for us. He produced the “Bridgtonian Quarterley’s” and some of the books from the Society. He will be greatly missed. R.I.P. DAVID WILLIAMS

Copy of the letter sent by post to all members INFORMATION  FOR  MEMBERS   (JULY  2021) Following the difficulties of the past few months, we are now going to try to resume and expand our activities.  We are sending this letter to everyone who was a member before the pandemic began to blight our lives, as…

We are now accepting membership Subscriptions. The Subscription Rates will be as follows, due to the Pandemic and lockdowns: Subs for the period until 31st March 2022 will be £5.00 and that will be for a household membership. From that date into the future it will be back to the normal of £7.00 from 1st…

We are happy to announce that the Bridgtown & District Local History Society has been released from lockdown. The Team met on Wednesday 16th June 2021 for the first time since February 2020 at the Bethel and we have a lot of work to do to get things back to being a Society again. Technically,…

We have just received the sad news that member Peter Bates’ wife passed away on 2nd July 2020. Peter has been living in Wombourn lately but has many friends in and around the Bridgtown.Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family at this sad time.

I hope you are all well and not going too “Doo-lally-tap” as the locals say. With the relaxation of the Lockdown Regulations we have to start looking forward (to look into the past !). Whilst the lockdown has severely hampered our output over the last 4 months we are now starting to think about restarting…

IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT REPORTS We regret to announce that with immediate effect, all of Cheslyn Hay & District Local History Society’s events, including our normal Tuesday meetings, Chat N Char and Speaker’s Evenings are cancelled until further notice. There will be a full refund of any tickets already paid for, including Lesley Smith’s visit,…

WE HAVE HAD NEWS FROM THE BETHEL CHURCH THAT AFTER EVENSONG TODAY (SUNDAY 15th MARCH), DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK, THE CHURCH WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THIS MEANS THAT THE SCHEDULED TALK ON WEDNESDAY 18th WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THE BETHEL WITH NEWS AS WE HAVE…

LAST WEEKS’ TALK WENT DOWN WITH OUR AUDIENCE. THANKS TO STEVE GEALE FOR STEPPING IN AT SHORT NOTICE TO GIVE US A TALK ON THE HISTORY OF SMOKING – NOT A PC TOPIC BUT STEVE GAVE AN INFORMATIVE AND AMUSING TAKE ON THE SUBJECT WITHOUT BEING JUDGEMENTAL. OUR NEXT TALK WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 18th…